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    Quote Originally Posted by Dylan View Post
    Well the main thing is clearly that its so heavily influenced by Russia and Russian language. The fact that Russian and Belarusian are so similar also doesn't help since people will feel comfortable speaking it much quicker. I wouldn't say that its completely comparable to the loss of Irish language in Ireland because the Brits actually punished those who spoke Irish on many occasions and in many ways forced its extinction. I think the language is just proving to be not so useful and if there aren't real any hugely nationalistic attachments to it, its naturally going to die out. I know that in some ways Ukrainian was a language mostly spoken by rural people and wasn't really important even in Ukraine up until recently, if thats also the case in Belarus, which this article seems to suggest, then that could also be a reason.

    I don't find this to be particularly surprising. The only way they'll hold onto their language is through fierce attachment to it, which would probably be paired up with some sort of nationalist movement. (I.e. what the Basques have been doing ever since Franco died).
    Yes agree it isn't the case that the Irish lost their language willingly. This was over an 800 year period and the biggest death knell to Irish was the Famine when most of the Gaelic speakers died or immigrated. It is a different history and shouldn't be compared. There was also Plantations of populations from Britain so there was a determined effort by the English to eradicate the Irish language and this was done over a long period of time. Irish also was seen as a language of no future among a lot of people so all this contributed to very few people continuing to speak the language.

    "A combination of the introduction of a primary education system (the 'National Schools'), in which Irish was prohibited until 1871 and only English taught by order of the British government, and the Great Famine (An Drochshaol) which hit a disportionately high number of Irish speakers (who lived in the poorer areas heavily hit by famine deaths and emigration), translated into its rapid decline. Irish political leaders, such as Daniel O'Connell (Domhnall Ó Conaill), too were critical of the language, seeing it as 'backward', with English the language of the future. The National Schools run by the Roman Catholic Church discouraged its use until about 1890. This was because most economic opportunity for most Irish people arose at that time within the United States of America and the British Empire, which both used English. Contemporary reports spoke of Irish-speaking parents actively discouraging their children from speaking the language, and encouraging the use of English instead. This practice continued long after independence, as the stigma of speaking Irish remained very strong." Hopefully the language will make a revival as it is still taught in the schools.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histor...Irish_language

    Anyway I hope Belarusians continue to speak their language.

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    I talked only with those who Russian speakers, haven't seen the difference and knew they are from Belarus only after they told me. Lukashenko speaks with pronounce, but he is also with Ukrainian roots.

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    Belarussians seem not fully formed nation, whose political formation process was stopped and partially canceled by russification in XX century. I respect any linguistic choice of local people, but most Belaruses I know have very inconsistent views on their nation and history, and are not in favor of their native language.

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    Are you liberating Belarus soon?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shkembe Chorba View Post
    Are you liberating Belarus soon?
    Belarus is already a land of freedom.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Хозяин View Post
    and are not in favor of their native language.
    Might it be that belarussians knows that most of there population haven't the capacity or the time to learn belarussian language and be fluent in two languages?

    Speaking russian is an advantage for business and education (as many materials are already translate in russian language). So pass everything in belarussians will be costly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Not a Cop View Post
    Belarus is already a land of freedom.

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    Lol, my family doesn't speak Belarusian either, just Russki.

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    Натхненне: беларускамоўны інстаграм журналісткі Настассі Пілюгінай
    https://nina.nn.by/?c=ar&i=198475&lang=be

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